Shootout at KR Puram: Cops recover pistol used in AP rowdy face of

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru: Probing the case of the shooting on Andhra Pradesh-based rowdy-sheeter-turned-realtor Shiva Shankar Reddy and his associate Ashok Reddy here, the KR Puram police have recovered the pistol that was used by the assailants during the incident on December 8.

A group of assailants had opened fire on Shiva Reddy and Ashok Reddy while the duo had visited their building, which was being constructed near Seegehalli in the KR Puram police station limits. Soon after the incident, the police said that as many as 10 bullets were fired by the assailants, of which four hit Shiva and one hit Ashok in the leg.

As both were shifted to a private hospital for treatment, the city police formed four special teams and initially tracked down three accused and nabbed them from Hoskote. Cases under the Arms Act and attempted murder under Section 307 of the IPC had been registered by the police.

“So far, five accused have been arrested in the case,” an officer from KR Puram police station told News Trail. A forensics team retrieved the cartridges from the spot and concluded that the bullets were shot from a country-made (Desi) pistol. It is revealed now that the accused people absconded to Madanapalle after failing to execute Shiva and hid the pistol at a farmhouse around 40 km from the city.

A team of police from Bengaluru travelled to Madanapalle and recovered the pistol. During the interrogation, the accused confessed to carrying out the shooting to execute Shiva as revenge for murdering one of their relatives, the cops said.